Confessions of an Opium Smoker

Japanese: 《阿片吸飲者の告白》 - あへんきゅういんしゃのこくはく
Confessions of an Opium Smoker

…He was on friendly terms with romantic writers such as Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Charles Lamb, and wrote memoirs about them. After publishing “Confessions of an Opium-Taker” in the “London Magazine” in 1821, he published many essays that attracted attention. “An English Mail Coach” (1849) is still widely read today due to its gorgeous writing style, and “On the Knocking Scene in Macbeth” (1823) occupies an important place in the history of Shakespeare criticism due to its sharp psychological insight. …

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Confessions of an Opium Smoker" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ワーズワース,コールリジ,チャールズ・ラムなど,ロマン派の文人たちと親しく交わり,彼らについての回想文を書いている。1821年《ロンドン・マガジン》に掲載した《阿片吸飲者の告白》以後,多くのエッセーを発表して注目を浴びた。《イギリスの郵便馬車》(1849)はその華麗な文体によって,今日でも広く読まれ,《“マクベス”の門たたきの場面について》(1823)は鋭い心理的洞察によって,シェークスピア批評史の中で重要な位置を占める。…

※「《阿片吸飲者の告白》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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